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The Evolution of Energy

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  • First Commercially Successful Engine

    First Commercially Successful Engine
    Invented by Thomas Newcomen on principles by Denis Papin and Thomas Saverey. This steam engine was not very energy efficient, but it paved the way for more advanced steam engines.

  • Electricity

    Electricity
    Benjamin Franklin discovers Electricity from a storm.

  • First Natural Gas Found

    First Natural Gas Found
    First Natural Gass drilled in Fredonia, New York.

  • First Law of Electrolysis

    First Law of Electrolysis
    Michael Faraday came up with the First Law of Electrolysis. This led to the Electrolysis of Water, which produces hydrogen.

  • The First Wind Turbine

    The First Wind Turbine
    American Inventor, Charles F. Brush, powered his home using the first wind turbine built in the US. His home was the first to have electricity in Cleveland, Ohio.

  • Oil in California

    Oil in California
    Oil is found at Signal Hill, California by Shell.

  • The Hoover Dam

    The Hoover Dam
    A concrete arch-gravity dam used to control floods, provide irrigation water, and produce hydroelectric power. Its total cost wsa $49 million dollars.

  • First Nuclear Power Plant

    First Nuclear Power Plant
    First Nuclear Power Plant begins operating outside Moscow.

  • Wind Turbine Completed at ASU

    Wind Turbine Completed at ASU
    The Wind Turbine on the campus of Appalachian State University is finished being installed. This operation was funded in part by the students of the University.

  • Solar Panels added to NC Truck Plant

    Solar Panels added to NC Truck Plant
    1,560 solar plants are added to Cleveland, North Carolina's Freightliner Truck Plant. These panels create enough energy to power 38 homes.